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Extraordinary - Society
February - 2007 |
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5 Stars
& 6 Stripes
Hotel & Service |
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The
Ultimate Award:
Seven Stars and
Stripes® |
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| We landed at Palermo airport in the early evening
hours of a pleasantly warm spring day, at the beginning of March. The string of
mountains on one side of the runway painted deep red by the setting sun,
affected the colors of the sapphire blue ocean on the other. A courtesy van
from the hotel, a spacious Mercedes Vito, chauffeured us safely from Palermo to
the Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza in Mazara Del Vallo, within an hour.
As we approached the main entrance, we were able to admire the perfect
allée of palm trees framing both sites of the way. The air was
like silk, lusciously filled with the aromas of Mediterranean flowers and
plants. |
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Check-in was quick, pleasant and professional;
then Miss Roberta Sergio welcomed us personally with a most charming smile.
With just under a hundred-rooms, this luxury hotel opened in early 2005 and is
in two words 'simply striking' with its harmonious play of décor, colors
and precious period marble columns. My five hundred square foot accommodation
was exquisite by any means with a fabulously dressed royal bed, an elegant
sitting area with precious rugs and a nicely shaded terrace with granted a
magnificent view over the fountain garden. This 25-acre resort, located in the
countryside, features swimming pools, precious gardens with gazebos, pretty
fountains and a full-service 'Daniela Steiner Beauty Spa'. |
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| 2007 Seven
Stars and Stripers® - Award-Hand-Out at the Kempinski Hotel Giardino di
Costanza |
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| The service was clearly Kempinski inspired; freshly
picked exotic fruits, sparkling wines and delicious petite fours. General
Manager Paolo Sanavia has accomplished the training of his staff to the
extraordinary global service level. Mr. Savania has worked in hospitality
management all over the world and as a true visionary he is now in the process
of fine-tuning a 27-hole golf course and he is adding medical facilities to the
already existing distinguished spa facilities. At the spa, I experienced an
energizing sea salt treatment, which is based on natural local products such as
Trapani salt and extracts of citrus fruits. This allowed me to float in a small
pool of deeply penetrating sea salt water in a sort of suspended animation, for
a while. Then it was definitively time for a dégustations menu with
Executive Chef Mr. Salvatore Barbara… |
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“Savania’s management style is a clearly Kempinski
inspired,
we are looking forward to the new additions.” ~
TB |
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by
Thorsten Buehrmann & Arno Goudschaal
Editor: Ingrid
Lemme
Editor-in-Chief: John Lomitola |
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| © 2007 ~ Seven Stars and Stripes, Inc. |
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